Acknowledgement My gratitude to Editors Bruce Paulk and Dawn Bella for providing their time, expertise and supportive advice. I'm walking into the London hotel. It's very plush! I'm a little nervous, but excited too! I've spent hours getting ready. I want to be as attractive as possible. I've dressed carefully for the occasion with a nice, expensive blac...
I hadn't seen or spoken to anyone from school for several years after leaving high school. I was never popular at school, and had only a small group of friends that weren't very close. So when school finished we didn't keep in touch. On a whim, I signed up to one of those school friend reunion sites that have become so popular. I browsed through the people...
Amanda Thompson stands in front of a mirror. She holds an angel costume up against her sexy body, admiring herself. She looks up and down the costume, liking the length of it. She decides to try it on in the dressing room. Amanda takes the costume over and summons the saleswoman. "May I help you?" the saleswoman says. "Yes, you can. I would like to try th...
An interesting new development intruded into the lives of Brenda & Connie that November; namely, Walter Scott Snyder and Linda Porter. Walter Snyder was Connie's older brother; by six years. Walter and Connie were their parents' only children. Despite the disparity in their ages they were very close siblings. Connie looked up to her brother and mainly heeded...
Time passed quickly and the kids grew like weeds. Our development continued to grow. We liquidated all of the real estate holdings except Islands Estates and Palm Coast. Marie stayed on at Islands Estates and started to teach Caroline to read and write. She applied for permission to school the children at home and soon Caroline was writing her own name and...
My wife, Ellie, and I live an idyllic life as a married couple except for one thing. Ellie has an obsession to have another man. We have been married 7 years and although I have listened to her asking now for the last 3 years to have another man, I have always told her she was silly and to forget the idea. I don't know where the obsession came from but sudde...
Author's note: This story takes place during season 2. *** The woman who called herself Amanda Clarke stared dumbfounded at her TV screen, unable to believe what she was hearing. It was true it might mean this nightmare was finally over... or it was just beginning. It all depended whether Emily Thorne, a.k.a. the real Amanda Clarke had done this, and if s...
Gina cleared her throat. "Judge McLennan? May speak to you?" The well preserved judge in her early sixties squinted against the low sun and said, "Oh hello Gina. I was hoping you'd call for a wee chat but I thought it would be at my office." "Oh I apologize. I'll make an appointment. I thought as my matter was not judicial I should see you privately." "No...
Warren had been driving for many hours through California and into the Northern part of Nevada -- headed toward his favorite brothel. It had been a long drive, he was tired and stopped at a rest area for a pleasant break. From his brief case, he pulled out a copy of the thank you note mailed several months ago to Heather, a woman who had provided him with a...
Mary was waiting when John reached the markets. She pointed down an alley to three men drinking coffee. "Some cadres are waiting for you," she whispered, "what have you done?" He looked at Mary she was a tough old fighter. She had changed dramatically since he started to help her daughter and her friends. She used to be his greatest critic. Now if any one s...